From Cherry English

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From Cherry English
Directed byJeff Barnaby
Written byJeff Barnaby
Produced byDanièle Rohrbach
StarringNathaniel Arcand
Edited byPaul Raphaël
Music byJoe Barrucco
Production
company
Nutaaq Media
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Mi'kmaq

From Cherry English is a Canadian short film, directed by Jeff Barnaby and released in 2004.[1] Barnaby's first short film, it stars Nathaniel Arcand as Traylor, a Mi'kmaq man who is taken on a hallucinogenic journey by a mysterious woman, as an allegory for the threats to indigenous identity posed by modern life.[2]

The film won two Golden Sheaf Awards at the 2004 Yorkton Film Festival, for Best Aboriginal and Best Videography.[3] At the 2004 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, it received an honorable mention for the Cynthia Lickers-Sage Award for Emerging Talent.[4]

References

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  1. ^ James Adams, "Rhymes for Young Ghouls director likes to lean on other art forms". The Globe and Mail, January 30, 2014.
  2. ^ T'Cha Dunlevy, "Home on native land; Rhymes for Young Ghouls, which just wrapped its shoot in Kahnawake, opts for story over an emphasis on aboriginals' plight". Montreal Gazette, November 23, 2012.
  3. ^ Daniels, Calvin (31 May 2004). "Globetrotter film scores". Newspapers.com. Regina, Saskatchewan: The Leader-Post. p. 13. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Ghost Riders top documentary". North Bay Nugget, October 30, 2004.
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